Construction Details of Bull’s Head Rhyton
Department | Archive |
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Collection | Mycenae Excavation Records |
Reference No. | MYC 3/4/03 |
Level | Item |
Dimensions | 27.9cm x 28cm |
Place |
Mycenae: Rhyton Well Ancient Mycenae |
Dates | 1920-1922 |
Project | Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923 |
Scope and Content | B/W ink drawing and description of the construction processes to create a bull’s head rhyton from steatite. Specifically, it shows the locking mechanisms to attach the horns. It is labeled “27a” on the front. |
Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/1703.4233], Mycenae: Fragment of a bull head rhyton with a diagram from the Rhyton Well, 1920
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Reference |
Wace, Alan J. 1919. Mycenae IV. The Rhyton Well. BSA 24: 200-210. Direct link 1919. BSA 24: Pl. XIII.2a-d. Link to article |